The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-09-02

larly to who were the first settlers Of each
town. and commence with what was
called Pike, now Somers. The first
family who settled in this town was Mr..
Hugh LongwelPs. He came and made
his claim in March, 1885 his family
followed In June after, settling where
Mr.. Longwell resided until his death a
few years since. Deacon Cephas Weed
and family settled on the farm where he
died several years since, in July, 1886.
George Washington Pierce came in July,
1885, and afterward made claim where
Mr.. E. B. Manning now resides; also his
father, Jonathan Pierce, and E. B.
Pierce came the same year. Mr.. Ben
jamin Felch, with his family, settled on
Or near what is the dividing line between
Racine and Kenosha counties, and near
Mr.. Longwell George Willis, in 1886,
made claim near or on what is known
as the Robertson farm, built log house,
opened public house, and here the
first post Office established in what is
now Kenosha county was kept ; at that
time the mail was carried between Chi
cago and Milwaukee on horseback once
a week, the carrier following the Indian
trail. George De Long came in 1886,
settling in the northwest part of the
town, where he still resides. Mr.. Edgar
B. Hugunin came in 1886, settling on
the farm which August Huck now owns,
and known as the Hawley farm. Mr..
Hugunin was the first Sheriff of Racine
county, appointed by Gov. Dodge in
1886, re-appointed by the Governor in
1910, and elected by the people for the
next term. John Harmon came in the
fall of 1885, settling where his son John
now owns. Garrett P. Post came in
1885, settling near Kenosha. His wife
died May 5, 1886, and was the first death
of a white person in what is now Keno
sha county. John G. Holmes and
Timothy Woodbridge came in 1886.
Peter Martin and his brother Chester w.
came in 1887, settling where Hon. w.
5. Maxwell now owns. VIM. E. Burgess,
with his father, came in 1885, Mr.. Jacob
Bishop came with his family il 1889,
settling where he died some two years
since.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE.
The first actual settler of Pleasant
Prairie was Mr. Alvin G. French, who
CAME in July, 1885, settling some three
miles west of Kanosha, now on the &C.
neva road, where ne resided until his
death few years since. Alfred Foster,
Jr., came the same year, settling near
what is now Kenosha LOREN G. Holt,
Caleb Pierce, Robert B. Barnes, Milton
Talcott and William r. Higgins came in
the fall of 1885, and made claims.
Henry Williams, with his father, came
in 1885, settling near Kenosha. Fitch
A. Higgins and family came in Febru-
airy, 1886, settling near where he died
some six years ago. Mr.. John Dexter
came in 1887. settling where his grand
son, Walter L. Dexter, now resides.
Walters father came in 1886, and died
a few years afterward. Uncle Daniel
Stevens and his sons, Orrin I'll. and John
L., and families came in 1886, and all
settled near where Mr.. Daniel Stevens
resided until his death. Mr.. Christopher
Derbyshire and family also came in
1886, settling near Mr.. Stevens Elisha
s. Sill came in 1886, settling where Mr..
John Lucas now owns, or near there.
Peter and Hiram Bacon came in 1887,
settling in the south part of the town.
Rev. Abner Barlow was here in 1886,
and the first preacher in the town.
Capt. Chauncey Hannahs and family
came in 1886, and settled where Mr.. S.
P. Cropley now owns. Mr.. Levi Hanks
also came in 1886, making claim where
ne now resides. The first white child
born in Kenosha county was son to
Mr.. R. B. Barns, in November, 1885.
He lived to be about two years old. Mr..
J. G. Dowse came in 1888.
BRISTOL.
Rollin Tuttle was the first settler in
Bristol. He settled with his family in
May, 1886, where Mrs. Gilbert ]. Vim
cent low owns. Mr.. Harmon Marsh
came with his family in December,
1886, and settled near where Mrs. Isaac
Frisbie now lives. Mr.. William L. |
Marsh, son of Mr.. Harmon Marsh, is |
The Oldest settler now in Bristol, and re-
sides upon part of the land his father
bought at the land sale in 1889. Mr.. A. |
F. Bailey settled near what is called |
Pikeville in the early part of 1887. !
Mr.. Levi Grant made claim where Mrs. |
Bacon and William Frisbie now own in |
the fall or winter of 1886, and moved |
his family in April, 1887, residing near
where Mr.. Frisbie row lives. Mr.. |
Serene s. Fowler made his claim where
Mrs. J. M. Kellogg now owns in 1885, |
and in June, 1887, moved on to the |
claim, built the first frame dwelling
house in the town, which house is now
used by Mr.. James M. Kellogg for a |
granary. S. E. Tarbell came in June,
1887, claiming where he now resides. |
Mr.. George Nixon settled where Oscar
Bishop now owns in 1887. Allen R. |
WILDER settled where Mr.. A. H. Stevens
now owns in 1888. Andrew B. Jackson
and family settled in the fall of 1887 |
where Mr.. Fidler now owns. Charles
Dayton made claim where Mr.. Richard
Horton now owns. Elihu Phillips and |
family settled on the farm where Moses
Johnson now owns in 1887. His little
daughter of five years died June, 1887, |
and was the first death in the town
Charles G. Getting and family settled |
early in 1887 where James Bryant lives. |
Thomas S. Getting also made claim in |
1897 where he has resided until few
years since, when he sold and moved to |
the village of Bristol. Col. HI. S. Thorp,
J. D. Benedict and Philander Judson, |
with their families, came in July, 1889. |
settling where they afterward resided
until few years since. Joel Walker |
settled on what is called Walkers |
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